Writing Workshops/Residencies:

2007-8

Red Gate Gallery
Beijing, China
(November-April)

2005

Danish Cultural Institute
Damascus, Syria
Artist Residency (June-July)

2005

Centre d'Art Marnay (CAMAC)
Marnay-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Artist Residency (Feb-June)

2004-5

Denkmalschmiede Hofgen
Grimma, Germany
Artist Residency (Dec-Jan)

2004

Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Alberta
Independent 4-week residency (April)
Leighton Studios

2003

Fundacion Valparaiso
Almeria, Spain
Artist Residency (Nov-Dec)

2003

Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers
Hawthornden Castle, Scotland
4-week residency (June-July)

2003

Humber School for Writers, Toronto, Ontario
30-week Online Fiction Editing Program
Mentor: Susan Swan

2002.3

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
Independent 6-week residency (Nov-Jan)
Leighton Studios

2000

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
Independent 4-week residency (Nov-Dec)
Leighton Studios
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
Writing Studio. Mentors: Robert Kroetsch, Audrey Thomas, Greg Hollingshead

1996

Humber School for Writers, Toronto, Ontario
30-week Correspondence Program
Mentor: Timothy Findley

1993

Kingston School for Writers, Kingston, Ontario
Mentor: Steven Heighton

1992

Harbourfront School of Creative Writing, Toronto,
Ontario Mentor: D.M.Thomas

Public Readings:

2006

This Ain't the Rosedale Library
Toronto, Ontario

2005

Grit Lit Festival
Hamilton, Ontario

2004

Summat Else Book Launch
Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

2004

Author Readings
Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, Ontario

2004

Porcupine's Quill Authors
Picton, Ontario

2003

“Now Showing”
Paul Beckett Gallery
Mojacar, Almeria, Spain

2003

“Service”
Woody’s
Quickies 3 (Anthology Launch)
Toronto

1996

“Crooked Hollow”
Red Spot Lounge Church-Wellesley Review (Issue Launch)
Toronto

1996

“Redwater”
B&A New Writing (Issue Launch)
Rex Hotel, Queen Street West, Toronto

1996

Selections from new writing.
‘The Writer Speaks’ Reading Series
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta

1993

“Moors and Christians”
B&A New Writing (Anniversary launch)
Clinton’s Tavern, Toronto

Experience:

2008-

Senior (offshore) Editorial Consultant,
Beijing Matric Culture Communication Co. Ltd.,
Beijing, China

2004-5

Professor, School for Writers, Humber College, Toronto, Ontario
Prose fiction
Online, non-residential

1998-9

Jury-member – Commonwealth Fiction Prize

1993-5

Co-editor, Kairos Literary journal

1985-

Freelance editor

1983-

Professor, English, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
[On leave: 1995-2000; fall 2002, 2003-5, 2007-8]

1978-83

Instructor, part-time. Continuing Education. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Awards/Recognition:

2008

Toronto Arts Council
Level II Writer's Grant
($8,000)

2008

Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant

2008

"City Promotional Ambassador"
Awarded by the Qingdao Government
Qingdao, China

2008

Ontario Arts Council
Writers Reserve Grant

2007

CBC Literary Awards
Face and Seriously shortlisted

2005

Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant

2005

Canada Council for the Arts
Grants for Professional Writers: Creative Writing
($10,000)

2004

Toronto Arts Council
Grant to Writers
($2,000)

2004

Ontario Arts Council
Grant to Writers: Works in Progress
($12,000)

2004

Canada Council for the Arts
Grant for Professional Writers: Creative Writing
($10,000)

2004

Ontario Arts Council
Writers Reserve Grant

2004

Pagitica Annual Literary Contest
“Now Showing”
(Finalist)

2003

Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant

2003

Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers
Hawthornden Castle, Scotland
Month Fellowship.

2002

Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant

2002

New Century Writer Awards (U.S.)
Quarter-Finalist.

2002

New Century Writer Awards (U.S.)
Finalist (“Hands Over the Body” and “Enoch Jones and the Bombmaker”)

2002

Prism International Short Story Competition
Shortlisted (“Enoch Jones and the Bombmaker”)

2000

Canada Council for the Arts
Grant for Professional Writers: Creative Writing
($10,000)